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55 Days at Peking (1963)
Posted: 04/02/2024, 16:22
by PeplumParadise
Director
Nicholas Ray
Guy Green (uncredited)
Andrew Marton (uncredited)
Green and Marton completed the film after Ray walked off following a dispute with producer Samuel Bronston and suffered a heart attack shortly after. The "trivia" on IMDb suggests that Marton directed as much as 65% of the film.
Storyline
During the 1900 Boxer Rebellion, U.S. marine Major Matt Lewis, along with British consul, Sir Arthur Robertson, develop a plan to keep the rebels at bay until an international military relief force can arrive. (from IMDb)
Cast
55 Days at Peking (1963)
Posted: 04/02/2024, 17:23
by PeplumParadise
Cast
Actors credited in the English version, in credit order, which I believe are the same in all international versions.
Charlton Heston
as
Major Matt Lewis
Ava Gardner
as
Baroness Natalie Ivanoff
David Niven
as
Sir Arthur Robertson
Flora Robson
as
Dowager Empress Tzu-Hsi
John Ireland
as
Sergeant Harry
Harry Andrews
as
Father de Bearn
Leo Genn
as
General Jung-Lu
Robert Helpmann
as
Prince Tuan
Kurt Kasznar
as
Baron Sergei Ivanoff
Philippe Leroy
as
Julliard
Paul Lukas
as
Doctor Steinfeldt
Elizabeth Sellars
as
Lady Sarah Robertson
Massimo Serato
as
Garibaldi
Jacques Sernas
as
Major Bobrinski
Jerome Thor
as
Captain Andy Marshall
Geoffrey Bayldon
as
Smythe
Joseph Fürst
as
Captain Hanselman
Walter Gotell
as
Captain Hoffman
Jûzô Itami
(credited as "Ichizo Itami")
as
Colonel Shiba
Mervyn Johns
as
Reverend Michaelson
Alfredo Mayo
as
Spanish minister
Martin Miller
as
Hugo Bergmann
Conchita Montes
as
Madame Gaumaire
José Nieto
as
Italian minister
Eric Pohlmann
as
Baron von Meck
Aram Stephan
as
Gaumaire
Robert Urquhart
as
Captain Hanley
and
Lynne Sue Moon
as
Teresa
55 Days at Peking (1963)
Posted: 04/02/2024, 18:27
by PeplumParadise
Uncredited actors A-Z
Lucy Appleby
as Martha Robertson
R.S.M. Brittain
as Sergeant Major
Carlos Casaravilla
as Japanese minister
Eric Chapman
as German minister
Siu-Loi Chow
as Court boxer
Félix Dafauce
as Dutch minister
Andrea Esterhazy
as Austrian minister
Andy Ho
as Barman
Mitchell Kowall
as U.S. marine
Cheng-Liang Kwan
as Court boxer
Ricardo Lilló
as Guest at the ball
Alfred Lynch
as Gerald
John Moulder-Brown
as Tommy Robertson
Joaquín Parra
as Soldier
I'm not sure which of the various countries his costume represents, French maybe?
Nicholas Ray
as U.S. minister
Milton Reid
as Boxer
Gene Reyes
as Carriage bearer
Pedro Rodríguez de Quevedo
as Guest at the ball
Fernando Sancho
as Belgian minister
Seyna Seyn
as Handmaiden of the Dowager Empress
Mike Steen
as U.S. marine
Kanji Takaki
as The Old One
George Wang
as Boxer leader
Siu-Tin Yuen
as Court boxer
"Mr. Grumpy"
as Guest at the ball
"Roca's Twin"
as Spectator at victory celebrations
"Spanish Whitebeard"
as Spectator at victory celebrations
"The Penguin"
as Guest at the ball
"Wavy Gravy"
as Viscount
55 Days at Peking (1963)
Posted: 04/02/2024, 18:55
by PeplumParadise
Unidentified actors
Uncredited actors listed as appearing by other sources, but not identified
- Michael Chow - IMDb as Chiang
- Dong Kingman - IMDb
- Soong Ling - IMDb
- Enzo Musumeci Greco - IMDb
- Paul Naschy - IMDb as Extra
- Lucille Soong - IMDb as Concubine
- John A. Tinn - IMDb
- Guillermo Vera - IMDb as The cart man
- Stephen Young - IMDb
IMDb also lists Bert Kwouk and Robert Rietty for dubbing only.
The film was shot entirely in Spain, so the majority of the small-part and background actors should be Spanish, however there are a number of uncredited actors identified in small roles from various other countries, including Italy, so there could be more to be found. The oriental actors in the film were recruited from all over Europe, so there could be more Italian-based oriental actors (in addition to the identified George Wang).
55 Days at Peking (1963)
Posted: 04/02/2024, 19:10
by PeplumParadise
55 Days at Peking (1963)
Posted: 04/02/2024, 19:22
by PeplumParadise
55 Days at Peking (1963)
Posted: 04/02/2024, 22:18
by PeplumParadise
IMDb lists Mitchell Kowall as playing a US marine. From images of Kowall found online I think this marine in 17-18 has to be him
55 Days at Peking (1963)
Posted: 04/02/2024, 23:05
by PeplumParadise
IMDb lists 3 asian actors as playing what they call the "court boxers". Two of the three, Siu-Loi Chow and Siu-Tin Yuen look to be fairly well known martial arts actors and have a number of images online, though in both cases the images may date from sometime after this film. The third, Cheng-Liang Kwan, has a number of other credits, but no images to identify him from - still if we can identify the other 2 then he should be the one that's left.
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- Siu-Loi Chow
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- Siu-Tin Yuen
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- Boxer 1
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- Boxer 2
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- Boxer 3
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I think Boxer 1 has to be Siu-Loi Chow
I'm not certain which of the others can be Siu-Tin Yuen, I think probably Boxer 3, the lines around the mouth seem to match, but any opinions would be welcomed
55 Days at Peking (1963)
Posted: 05/02/2024, 10:22
by FatmanDan
135 looks like he could be Joaquín Parra.
55 Days at Peking (1963)
Posted: 05/02/2024, 22:08
by PeplumParadise
FatmanDan wrote: ↑05/02/2024, 10:22
135 looks like he could be Joaquín Parra.
How certain is the ID? He's not someone I'm familiar with